Fettle vs Ettle - What's the difference?
fettle | ettle |
A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
One's mental state; spirits.
Sand used to line a furnace.
(Geordie, Cumbria) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
(ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
(UK, dialect) The act of fettling.
(Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
(Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
(archaic) To prepare.
* 1595 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To take aim.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To make attempt.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To direct one's course.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious.
(obsolete) To earn.
As nouns the difference between fettle and ettle
is that fettle is a state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim while ettle is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) intention; intent; aim.As verbs the difference between fettle and ettle
is that fettle is (northern england) to sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair while ettle is (transitive|dialectal|chiefly|scotland) to aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try or ettle can be (obsolete) to earn.fettle
English
Noun
(en noun)- What's yer fettle marra?
- (Wright)
Usage notes
Outside of dialects, this term is a , found only in the phrase (m).Derived terms
* in fine fettleVerb
- (Carlyle)
- (Bishop Hall)
- Divint fettle yersel ower that!
- But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...